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I was inspired and wrote a first person POV short story set in the same universe as How to Stop Wildfire. Asides from the universe there is not much connecting it. It is basically a monologue from a Shafien. You can read it on Medium or download it here. It is not much but I had fun writing it. The first-person was interesting for me because I usually do not write in it. And the character was someone wholly new...
Nick Rossi of Reading Other People and author of PAGER-TURNER has reviewed How to Stop Wildfire. You can follow him on twitter. It is wonderfully titled 'Don't Stop This Wildfire.' And it is the first official book review of HTSW that I have had and I loved reading. Yes, I am a self-congratulatory egomaniac type of person. Whatever. So happy right now.
After getting the first draft of the second book (title still undetermined) done I realized something. Water was a theme throughout and when I was trying to figure out the title I was angling for a water-themed title. Similar to how fire is a central component in How to Stop Wildfire and the title is a direct reference to that. So book two is going to be something like At Water's Edge or The Heart of the Riptide. The basic...
If I want my writing (not world-building) to be known for anything I want it to be remembered for having really witty dialogue (at some points,) and being kind of hilarious. Most of this can be attributed to one character, Cyclone. It is hard to quantify the enjoyment I derive from figuring out the most elegant, hysterical, and slyly insulting things for him to spew. While also incorporating rhyming, alliteration or another semi-poetic device. I am not going to lie....
I hate the titling and naming process. Okay scratch that: I DO like naming characters. Only certain characters. Most notably the non-Human characters. Humans. Ugh. Back in the day (years, years, years) ago, I gave all the Humans super-generic names. Like Bob. Mary. Sue. John. Terrible, terrible names (no offense to anyone with said names, but when the two main characters are named Bob and Jill, well it seems like a children's book.) I have zero creativity with those types...
I FINALLY FINISHED. The print version of How to Stop Wildfire is here! https://www.createspace.com/5460570 Success!